GitHub Releases
GitHub changelog, platform updates, and Copilot coding-assistant releases. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 199 GitHub releases · Updated
- GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Mobile: Fix failing Actions checks with Copilot
GitHub Mobile now allows users to ask Copilot to investigate and fix failing GitHub Actions checks directly from the app. This feature creates a new pull request with a proposed fix, which the user can review and merge. The enhancement is available on the latest iOS and Android production builds of GitHub Mobile, streamlining CI failure resolution for users on the go.
feature - GitHub Changelog aipreviewengineer ·
GitHub Issues public preview adds agent automation controls
GitHub Issues is introducing agent automation controls in public preview, enabling users to review suggested changes to issues before they are applied. These controls include approvals, confidence ratings, and rationale for automated actions, offering more granular control over automation levels. This feature is aimed at improving issue triage and metadata enrichment for software engineering teams, allowing them to balance automation with manual review.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog governancepreviewengineer ·
GitHub Projects and Issues: Multi-select fields now in public preview
GitHub has introduced multi-select fields for Projects and Issues, allowing a single field to store multiple values. This enhancement enables users to tag items with multiple categories, teams, or modules, offering more flexibility than single-select options. The feature is currently in public preview and can be tested by creating or editing a field and selecting the multi-select type. Users can then set multiple values and filter by them within project views.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot adds usage metrics impact dashboard
GitHub has released a new dashboard for enterprise administrators and organization owners to visualize Copilot adoption depth and impact. The dashboard breaks down user engagement by AI adoption phases and provides metrics like pull requests merged and lines of code per day. This feature helps organizations track Copilot's maturity, target enablement efforts, and move more users into deeper adoption cohorts.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
Gemini 3.6 Flash model now available in GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is rolling out Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash model, designed for web and app development, coding, and agentic tasks. This update offers improved task completion and token efficiency over the previous Gemini 3.5 Flash. It is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users, with administrators needing to enable a preview policy for Business and Enterprise plans.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiinfraengineer ·
Manage GitHub Copilot AI credit pools via Billing UI
GitHub now allows managing AI credit pools for cost centers directly within the billing UI, a capability previously limited to the REST API. This feature is for Copilot Business and Enterprise customers on GitHub Enterprise Cloud, offering enhanced control over AI spending by automatically adjusting pool limits based on assigned licenses. Users can choose to block usage or allow overages once the pool is exhausted.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot shows AI credit usage per billing cycle
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise users can now track their AI credit usage directly on the Copilot usage page, regardless of whether an individual budget is set. This change provides clearer visibility into monthly token consumption, addressing a previous limitation where usage was only shown as a percentage of a budget. The updated page now reflects actual usage against the total budgeted amount or total used if no budget is configured.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog aisecuritygaengineer ·
GitHub Code Quality GA for Enterprise Cloud and Team
GitHub Code Quality is now generally available for Enterprise Cloud and Team, offering AI-accelerated code analysis to detect maintainability and reliability issues. This feature pairs CodeQL with AI-assisted detection and Copilot Autofix, helping teams ship more trustworthy code with improved maintainability and reliability scores. New capabilities include organization-wide enablement, code coverage metrics, quality gates, and APIs, with billing commencing July 20, 2026, for active committers and AI usage.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot app usage now visible in metrics API
GitHub Copilot app activity is now reported in the enterprise and organization usage metrics API. This change provides administrators with visibility into the app's adoption and consumption alongside other Copilot metrics. The update includes new fields for daily active users and detailed breakdowns of session counts, requests, and token usage, aiding in understanding the app's impact. These new fields will appear in 1-day and 28-day reports and will be null for organizations with no Copilot app activity.
feature - GitHub Changelog aigaengineer ·
GitHub Copilot repository-level usage metrics now generally available
GitHub Copilot usage metrics are now available at the repository level via new REST API endpoints for enterprise and organization reports. This allows teams to track Copilot's impact on pull request activity directly within specific codebases. The feature is for enterprise owners, organization owners, and users with specific permissions, provided Copilot usage metrics are enabled.
feature announcement - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot code review gets more configurable and secure
GitHub Copilot's code review functionality has been significantly enhanced with new customization options, including custom instructions from the head branch and support for multiple instruction file types. Administrators can now define custom setup steps and leverage a firewall for enhanced security, giving them greater control over the review process. These improvements are available now for most users, though self-hosted runners currently do not support the firewall feature.
feature security - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Mobile: Fix PR comments using Copilot
GitHub Mobile now allows users to initiate Copilot-assisted fixes for pull request comments directly from the app. This feature leverages the Copilot cloud agent to automatically generate responses to review feedback, simplifying the process of addressing comments. Available on the latest iOS and Android builds, this enhancement aims to help users resolve issues faster while on the go.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog governancegaengineer ·
GitHub Projects Advanced Search Generally Available
GitHub Projects now offers advanced search capabilities through a filter bar supporting logical AND and OR operators. This feature allows users to construct precise project views without managing multiple separate views. It is now generally available to all users and is backed by an updated reviews field for filtering pull requests by review state.
feature - GitHub Changelog governanceengineer ·
GitHub admins can archive pull requests
Repository administrators can now archive pull requests to remove them from public view while keeping them accessible to admins. This feature allows for better moderation of spam or abusive requests and preserves historical context without permanent deletion. Archived pull requests are hidden from non-admin visitors and can be restored by admins.
feature - GitHub Changelog infrapreviewengineer ·
Xcode 27 runner image now in public preview on GitHub
GitHub Actions now offers Xcode 27 on hosted macOS runners in public preview, allowing developers to test applications with the latest Apple toolchains. This change introduces a new support model where images are versioned by Xcode major releases, simplifying toolchain targeting. The preview is currently limited to arm64 macOS runners.
announcement feature - GitHub Changelog governanceengineer ·
GitHub Enterprise Cloud adds REST API for Visual Studio Subscriptions
GitHub Enterprise Cloud now offers new REST API endpoints to programmatically manage Visual Studio Subscription assignments. This allows administrators to automate the mapping of Visual Studio subscription users to GitHub handles, which is particularly useful for organizations with disparate UPN and SCIM identity formats. These endpoints enable bulk matching, correcting mistaken assignments, and managing subscriptions without manual UI interaction.
feature - GitHub Changelog security ·
GitHub Secret Scanning and Public Monitoring Updates
GitHub has enhanced its secret scanning capabilities with new partner integrations and expanded detection for APIclub and Resend secrets, along with default push protection for VolcEngine secrets. These updates aim to improve security by preventing data leaks for all users, including those in public repositories. The secret scanning alert webhook now includes a `secret_category` field for better alert differentiation, and the public monitoring alert list features new insight cards providing enterprise-level context.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains Adds BYOK Custom Endpoints and Plugin Management
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now supports bring-your-own-key (BYOK) with custom endpoints and OpenAI-compatible models, enhancing customization for teams. The update also introduces improved plugin management, support for Claude agents, local sandboxing, and a built-in debugger skill for the Copilot CLI, with several features available in public preview. These enhancements aim to provide greater flexibility and integration into team-specific workflows for users on Pro plans and higher.
feature - GitHub Changelog aiengineer ·
GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio: June Update Includes Usage Tracking and C++ Modernization
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio receives a June update focused on visibility and trust, introducing real-time usage tracking with proactive alerts and a trust validation layer for MCP servers. The modernization agent for C++ is now generally available, and extended range suggestions enhance code editing. This update benefits all GitHub Copilot plan users, including free and student tiers, and requires Visual Studio 2026.
feature patch - GitHub Changelog securitygaengineer ·
GitHub REST API now supports managing secret scanning custom patterns
GitHub has introduced REST API endpoints for managing secret scanning custom patterns, allowing security teams to create, edit, and delete these rules programmatically. This feature is now generally available at the repository, organization, and enterprise levels for secret scanning customers. While core CRUD operations are available via API, dry runs and publishing still require the UI.
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